Big Hollywood

NEW YORK, June 25 (UPI)–Brooklyn-born actor Eli Wallach has died at the age of 98. Wallach has appeared in popular films like The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, The Magnificent Seven and The Godfather: Part III. The New York

Jay Leno will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in the fall, a selection that one major film site dubbed “offensive.” There are a number of reasons to find Leno’s selection to be offensive, ranging from the deeply

The Anti-Defamation League says veteran actor Gary Oldman’s comments in a new Playboy interview continued the false meme that Jews run the entertainment industry. The group took offense at this part of the Q&A: Mel Gibson is in a town that’s run

Bill Maher may think President Barack Obama is doing a “fantastic” job in the White House despite all evidence to the contrary, but the liberal comic isn’t sold on the president’s religious bona fides. In short, Maher thinks Obama is

Frozen was one of last year’s biggest box officehits, thus impacting future animated releases. Political elites are far from pleased. Leading up to Frozen’s production was tremendous pressurefrom political elites (within Hollywood) for Disney to dump itstrend of returning to

WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) — Christina Hendricks would like to see the end of “Mad Men-era” policies in the workplace. The 39-year-old actress gave brief remarks on workplace equality Monday at the White House Summit on Working Families. President Obama

LOS ANGELES, June 24 (UPI) — Scarlett Johansson’s Marvel character Black Widow will reportedly ride the new electric Harley-Davidson motorcycle in the upcoming film Avengers: Age of Ultron. According to Ing, leaked footage from The Avengers’s sequel finds Johansson’s stunt

Audiences may not have realized it, but the sleeper 2013 hit The Purge targeted the NRA and the Tea Party movement. The storytelling was inelegant, to put it kindly. Critics caught the slams, though, and the film’s director copped to it

Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ Turns 25 Fifty years after 1939, an unprecedented year of cinematic masterpieces, 1989 gave us an extraordinary year in popcorn cinema — just good old-fashioned entertaining movies. I spent that summer at the drive-in. Every Friday night

Dinesh D’Souza wears plenty of hats–author, pundit, immigrant, movie star. For his newest film America, the proud conservative dons a fast food cap. In this exclusive clip from the documentary, D’Souza runs a hamburger restaurant called Delish Dinesh. No, he

Veteran actor Gary Oldman might be the last person you’d expect to opine on politics and culture. He’s best known for his screen versatility, commanding respect in both blockbusters and indie fare. Yet, when given a lengthy interview forum by

Aaron Swartz wasn’t a politician. He was a computer whiz who worked at Reddit and, later, drew the ire of the U.S. government with his pointed critiques. Swartz took his own life at the age of 26. The new documentary

Up until last week you could tune into Verizon Fios and find movies like Daddy Likes Em Young, Club Teeny Bopper 10,  Deep in Daughters and A Mother’s Sons. Along with such child-themed porn movies Verizon also offered movies that are racially and

TNT’s The Last Ship, an action-packed, pro-military series from producer Michael Bay, scored huge ratings during its Sunday night debut. The raw numbers–5.3 million viewers–gave it the biggest cable series debut of 2014. The show follows a Navy ship on

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Best-selling author Vince Flynn died just over a year ago, but his terrorist-fighting protagonist Mitch Rapp will live on in new books written by someone else, Flynn’s publisher says. Simon & Schuster and Flynn’s estate have commissioned

File this in the “dog bites man” folder. The unofficial spokesperson for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is trashing an upcoming U.S. comedy about two co-workers who try to kill Jong-un. The good news for the film’s studio? The North

Hypocrites at Deadline Threaten All of Hollywood Over Nikki Finke A self-serving Sunday morning interview between Deadline’s Mike Fleming and Deadline’s Peter Bart at Deadline about how awful Nikki Finke is, is quite the lesson in pompous, passive-aggressive character assassination.

Influential playwright David Mamet told a theater company in Milwaukee it must cease and desist production of his play Oleanna because the company cast a man to play the female lead. The play was performed for one show only at the

BEL AIR, Calif., June 22 (UPI)–Jennifer Aniston is transforming the garage at her Bel Air, Calif., home into a 2,000-square-foot walk-in closet, permits filed in Los Angeles indicate. The $60,000 renovation comes on the heels of several other projects the

Some 30 years after Judy Garland first publicly performed Over the Rainbow on June 29, 1939, previewing the upcoming The Wizard of Oz, this quintessential girl-next-door reached for more sleeping pills and hoped-for sleep, only to be, mercifully, granted eternal rest. Garland always wanted to

PLANO, Texas, June 21 (UPI)–Country singer Randy Travis is still unable to speak nearly one year after he had a stroke due, sources close to him told TMZ. Travis had surgery to relieve pressure on his brain July 8 due

Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson gives credit for his family’s fame and fortune to “the Almighty” It’s one reason why Robertson sees a spiritual connection between politics and the state of the nation. The reality show superstar spoke at the

After nearly two months of a new action tentpole arriving every single weekend, the American box office decided to take a breather this weekend with two lower-key new releases.  Per Deadline, Kevin Hart’s comedy sequel “Think Like a Man To”

The United States Navy Loves Michael Bay’s ‘Last Ship’ Judging from this Los Angeles Times article, director Michael Bay’s longstanding and positive relationship with the American military is paying off in a large way for his new TNT series “The

Podcast king Adam Carolla offered the ultimate “complisult” to the Kardashians. One recurring bit on Carolla’s podcast is calling out insults described as compliments. Like when one of his female fans tell him, “Oooh, my boyfriend loves your show …